Reviews

Tango Argentino Today

El Afronte Orquesta Típica

El Afronte Orquesta Típica are rising stars in the world of tango. For good reason, too: the Buenos Aires ten-piece...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Suelta

La Yegros

The third album from La Yegros (aka Mariana Yegros, the queen of nu cumbia), the French-based singer-songwriter with family in...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Foolin' in Time

Cecilia Zabala, Don Davis & Joe Deleault

Languid and loose, filled with clever arrangements and multilingual lyrics placed just so, this long-gestating passion project comes from a...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Santa Plástica

Las Hermanas Caronni

Argentinian folk song has many modes reflecting the topographies and cultures whence it springs. The music of the French-based Caronni...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Gloryland

California Feetwarmers

There are a lot of trad jazz revivalist acts out there. The LA-based seven-piece California Feetwarmers are one of many...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Greatest Jamaican Beat

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Two Duke Reid-produced collections have been offset here to create a killer introduction to rocksteady reggae. The first, Greatest Jamaica...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

American Music Vol VII

Grupo Fantasma

Though the seventh album from Austin's Grupo Fantasma comes after a five-year break from the studio, the band have kept...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

Untitled

Hedy West

A lost album from 1979, Untitled was recorded by the American singer, banjo player and guitarist Hedy West at the...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

The Color of Silence

Cecilia Zabala

Every now and again you find an artist whose music is like arrows ’ each note fired straight through your...

Reviewed in issue June/2019

First Light

Alvorada

To record a fresh, innovative album that retains the charm of a century-old genre is quite an achievement. On the debut...

Reviewed in issue June/2019